Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem

Nicolaes Pietersz. Berchem

Berchem was the most important and versatile of the so-called Dutch Italianates – painters who produced landscapes with a distinctly Italian flavour. Born in Haarlem, he studied under his father, the still-life painter Pieter Claesz. The surname ‘Berchem’ was adopted when he entered the studio of the landscape painter Jan…